A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 90 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico (56 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -67.2612 West, latitude 19.2952 North, depth = 38 km. The temblor was reported at 08:16:31 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pr16154010. Id of event: pr16154010. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 38 km (24 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/06/16 / 2016-06-02 12:16:31 / June 2, 2016 @ 12:16 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days four hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 90 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico.
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